Eastern Province

The Eastern Province is the largest province of Saudi Arabia, and its capital is the population center of Dammam. It has a population of 4,105,780.

History
The Eastern Province contains the cities of Khobar and Dammam, the two major population centers; much of the province is the uninhabitable Rub al-Khali. It is made up of 4,105,780 people, while 29% of the population (1,200,000) are foreigners. The largest airport in the world, the King Fahd International Airport, is in the Eastern Province, as is the King Fahd Causeway to the islands of Bahrain. The Jubail Industrial City is a global hub for chemical industries, and the region is a hub for tourism because of its location on the Persian Gulf.